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Barry: most poker books are written by losers
In this interview :
http://www.pokerlistings.com/live-to...eos?episode=35 Barry claims that Ace On The River is the first poker strategy book written by a winning high-stakes professional player. Most other books are written by people who won a tournament, or low limit players, and are mainly guesswork: people who never made much money at poker imagining what it might be like to be a professional player ... presenting strategies that are typically the opposite of what a player like Barry would advise. What do people think ? |
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
I think he forgot about Doyle...
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
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I think he forgot about 2+2 ... [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
I think it is a stretch to call "Ace on the River" a strategy book.
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
Yea I've not read it but I understand it's mostly autobiographical.
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
I think he's mostly right. But, I don't think it's at all a slight at Two Plus Two Publishing. 2+2 books make up a small % of the poker books on the market.
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
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2+2 books make up a small % of the poker books on the market. [/ QUOTE ] ... and long may it remain that way. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
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I think he's mostly right. But, I don't think it's at all a slight at Two Plus Two Publishing. 2+2 books make up a small % of the poker books on the market. [/ QUOTE ] I completely agree. If he didn't respect 2+2, he wouldn't (I assume) bother posting here. As you said, 2+2 make up a small number of the total poker books available, and the majority of them are poor at best. PJS |
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
Let's not pretend like 2+2 books are particularly hot either. There's a lot of marginal to bad material in them. Barry's right to be critical of poker books in general.
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Re: Barry: most poker books are written by losers
Poker is like sex, you can't learn it from books alone.
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